Weekend Re-Cap (hijacked)

jeffkapusta — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:29:50 +0000

So Pastor Jeff took off out of town today for a couple of days to get alone, unplug, and spend some time with God. So I decided to hijack his blog and do the weekend re-cap. Knowing him for so long has it’s advantages. Like knowing all of his passwords! Anyways, here’s the run down of today.

- Second week of Crazy Love and we’re hearing tons of cool stories about people sharing Crazy Love through the stimulus package they received last Sunday!

- If you haven’t shared your story about how you showed someone Crazy Love, email us!

- Drew was out today because his wife Sarah had their baby this past week. Here’s little Aubrey with her proud parents. Stop by Drew’s blog to congratulate them!

- Patrick stepped up and did an awesome job leading worship today! The band rocked!

- The band even pulled a Saturday practice to make some changes while Drew was away! I love those guys!

- We had 845 people show up which is our highest “normal” weekend attendance ever!

- We had 20 people accept Jesus today! Yes, that’s 40 in the last two weeks!

- I overheard tons of good feedback in the lobby today about the message. Pastor Jeff straight brought it today on the love of God! Check it out here early this week.

- We were down a couple big time people today but everyone stepped up! The Dream Team always goes above and beyond!

- I’m partial but our production team never ceases to amaze me!

- Looking forward to have D back home tomorrow! He spent the week in Georgia getting some much needed Rest and Relaxation!

- We announced our next event for Middle and High school students today. It’ll be our first event at our new campus!

I’m wiped and that’s about all I can remember from today. But don’t worry, I now know Pastor Jeff’s log in information! I may be back!

Brad Barbour – Creative Director

Questions to ask before getting married

jeffkapusta — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:16:31 +0000

Jake Beaty is the Care and Outreach Pastor of Newspring Church. On his site he offers tons of great information for couples considering marriage. I thought i would share this one with you. Jake, thank you for blogging.

Questions to ask yourself before getting married.

One of the questions I get asked a lot by folks that are dating is… What questions should I ask myself when considering marriage with the person I am dating?

1) Am I more eager to meet his/her needs before getting my own needs met?

2) Will our lives make more of an impact for Christ together than they would separately?

3) Do I want to look across the Breakfast table at her for the rest of my life?

4) Do my parents think I’m in love? Can they see me with this person for the rest of my life?

5) If this person does not change after I marry him/her am I willing ot live with him/her weaknesses for the rest of my life?

6) Does this person have the character that I would like to see reproduced in my children?

7) Are both of us disciplined enough to be married?

How does your future spouse treat his/her parents?

9) Do I want to marry his/her family”

10) Are your lives compatible?

11) Can you commuicate honestly and openly?

12) When you disagree can you discuss things calmly and come to a mutual agreement/solution?

13) When you quarrel can you readily forgive and get on with it?

14) Do you respect this person?

15) Does this person respect me enough and honor God’s word enough to not be involved with me in any sexual way until after marriage?

Great Compliment

jeffkapusta — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:07:22 +0000

Lifepoint…we got a great compliment the other day.

I was sipping some java when I overheard one of the baristas who has recently starting coming to Lifepoint talk about the church. One of her friends asked if she was going to church and she said yes. When she told her friend that she was coming to Lifepoint her friend said, “isn’t that the Rock N’ Roll Church?”

I don’t know if that was meant to be a compliment or not but I’m chalking it up as one.

Keep Rockin’ Lifepoint (that was cheesy I know)

If you’re reading this…

jeffkapusta — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:24:02 +0000

than I want to encourage you to try out www.jeffkapusta.com. A new blog is in the works.

I want to be on this list

jeffkapusta — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:13:30 +0000

Craig Groeschel has written an awesome blog. Read it. Imagine what it would be like to have your name on a list like this someday.

$5223.67 and counting

jeffkapusta — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:15:17 +0000

What a weekend! I can’t tell you how awesome it felt yesterday to speak freely about the vision and mission of Lifepoint AND to take up a special offering to get a church started in Ubauna, Brazil. I am blown away by the generosity of our church. You guys are incredible.

To listen to this weeks message, Here, There, & Everywhere pt. 2 click here.

We get to do this…

jeffkapusta — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:20:19 +0000

God never ceases to amaze me. If you had told me a year ago that we would be a part of planting a church in a tiny village in Brazil I would have said you’re crazy!

But here we are!

We are committed to spreading the message of Jesus to the world. It’s our mission. Our purpose. Our Goal.

For me to ignore the mission of Jesus is for me to ignore my reason to exist.

This Sunday we are taking up a special offering that will go entirely to starting a church in the village of Ubauna, Brazil. Don’t miss out. For more info on what God is doing in Ubauna visit Gospel for Brazil.

We had our first lifegroup tonight…

jeffkapusta — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:23:30 +0000

AND IT ABSOLUTELY ROCKED!

Tonight was awesome as Michelle and I opened our home to 7 couples for our Lifegroup. It was awesome to see people who walked in the door as strangers and leave as friends.

Michelle and I are leading a group called “PG: Parental Guidance Required.” The whole goal of our group is to become better parents. I told our couples that I am not qualified to lead the group. I can tell you how to keep a kid alive until five but beyond that I just have theories. Thankfully the guys at Northpoint Community Church have put together a great discussion guide for us to use.

I am psyched about this semester and the awesome people that God brought through my door tonight. I beleive this season at Lifepoint is going to blow our minds. If you aren’t in a Lifegroup you are seriously missing out. Stinks to be you! Of course, if you ask real nice we just might let you in.

Don’t sell Jesus short

jeffkapusta — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:15:53 +0000

What are you praying for these days? I’ve learned that the size of my prayers are often times driven by the size of my dreams and the size of my catastrophes. No matter how you slice it the bigger the obstacle the more I seem to pray. I’m sure I should pray the same amount regardless of my circumstances but since this is my blog I guess I can be honest.

Yesterday, while reading the Bible I came across this verse that sat me back on my heels for a moment. Here’s the situation. Jesus is confronted by a desperate dad seeking help for his son who has some serious issues. The dad musters up the courage to ask Jesus if he can heal him. Here it is:

“One of the men in the crowd spoke up and said, “Teacher, I brought my son so you could heal him…So they brought the boy…“How long has this been happening?” Jesus asked the boy’s father…He replied, “Since he was a little boy. The spirit often throws him into the fire or into water, trying to kill him. Have mercy on us and help us, if you can.”

Did you catch that last line? “IF YOU CAN.”

Check out Jesus’ response:

“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes. The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”

What is it today that you are struggling to believe Jesus can do? Believe me when I say this…”Anything is possible.”

Here’s what I’m praying for:

20,000 homes that will receive an invitation to our “Real F Word” series.
For the personal invitations that our people will make over the next few weeks.
For God to crush our hearts for people who don’t know Him.
For 1,000 people that will connect with God at Lifepoint.
For our Baptism service on March 11th.
For our Lifegroups to explode with enthusiasm and growth.
For our dream team to grow in numbers so we can handle the growth that God is going to bring.

What are you praying for?

Rediscovering the Mission of Jesus

jeffkapusta — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:04:09 +0000

We are in the middle of a series called, “Here, There, & Everywhere” in which we are talking about living the mission of Jesus. One thing worth noting is the selection process through which Jesus took to recruit leaders for His movement.

When you think about the severity of Jesus’ mission you have to be curious what He was looking for when rallying up leaders. Two observations stand out to me.

Jesus did not call the obvious candidates. When I read scripture it appears obvious to me that the most likely candidates to lead the mission of Jesus were the most educated and most decorated. Nobody knew more about the history of God and the scriptures like the Scribes and Pharisees yet Jesus didn’t call them. Who did he call? Fishermen and Tax collectors. Ordinary run of the mill, messed up people. Why did He pick them? Good question. Messed up people connect with messed up people. Somehow, Jesus was able to see the value in messed up people.
Jesus didn’t call leaders but followers. I think it is interesting that while Jesus was recruiting leaders he invited them to follow. Be careful of those who are looking to lead. From time to time I find people who possess great gifts but they lack the willingness to follow or serve. If you refuse to follow/serve you will never be able to lead. Followership is the key to leadership.